"Because coconut oil increases LDL cholesterol, a cause of CVD [cardiovascular disease], and has no known offsetting favourable effects, we advise against the use of coconut oil," the American Heart Association said in the Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease advisory.

The concern around the level of saturated fats in coconut oil isn’t new.

An article published on the ABC in 2014 said: "It's about 91 per cent saturated fats and only 6 per cent mono-unsaturated fats — virtually the opposite from olive oil which is 14 per cent saturated fats and 72 per cent mono-unsaturated fats.”

“They are very strongly associated with bad blood cholesterol levels and heart disease.”

But not everyone agrees, with many using the oil has a healthy alternative to other oils.